Friday, 27 July 2012

FOs x 2

I am really far more pleased than I should be with these little finished objects. I think it is the colours of the yarn, which I did not especially like on the ball but I love when worked up.

So here we have a finished Grandmother's Favourite washcloth and a Scrubbie, both made with Peaches and Creme Fiesta and completed in no time at all. The Scrubbie took me less than an hour, but I would not have been able to sew it up without this very helpful youtube video. I didn't get it neat in the middle but I will next time...

I used a 6mm hook and 5mm needles, I would use bigger knitty sticks when I make another as all that garter with no purl made it very tight. If you ever want more details on a project I have made, or I have forgotten a link, they will be on my project pages on Ravelry.

As you can see I have more Peaches and Creme and I may make it all into Scrubbies, that little bit of yarn is what I had left from one ball after making both. They would make a good little gift for somebody who wouldn't find being given cleaning implements distressing.

Anyway, sorry for the overload of pictures, but it brightened up my day and I hope maybe yours. Seriously, I have no idea why I am quite so pleased with these as I am.

There is still time to enter my giveaway, all regular visitors welcome.

There will be lots of lovely finished objects to see over at Tami's blog, I'll be linking up later on today.

While I echo what everyone else has said about the color - I have a question for you - how do you get your grandma's favorite to turn out so nice and square??? Mine always have three great corners, but my bind off corner always looks stretched.... so I have a kite shape in the end :/

Something I've noticed about handknit washcloths is that people never seem to mind getting them (even those that find cleaning offensive). It doesn't matter if it's Grandma's Favorite or some other pattern.

Also, I think you're right about the gauge. No one wants to clean with a dishcloth with no movement allowed :)

Love the little set....great gift idea! The colours are brilliant....I always thought that was an American brand...is it available locally to you, or do you mail order it? Our LYS is a little limited, although I shouldn't complain, it is nice to see things in the flesh before you shell out though.

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Thank you for visiting us here in Hilly Town. I am a teacher, married to a soldier and a mummy to two little bundles of gorgeous; L and B. I blog about crochet, knitting, sewing, the Cotswolds, our family life and anything else I feel like blogging about. I love it when people leave comments, but I don't like to beg.
Harriet XXX